Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters.
Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.
In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him.
It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.
Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow.
God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.
We have art in order not to die of the truth.
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.
The truth I do not dare to know I muffle with a jest.
Tell the truth, but tell it slant.
Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.
What wretched doings come from the ardor of fame; the love of truth alone would never make one man attack another bitterly.
Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it.
All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.
Don't ask me nothing about nothing, I just might tell you the truth.
Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.
It frightens me, the awful truth, of how sweet life can be...
All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.
Better the hard truth, i say, than the comforting fantasy.
If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.
The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.
Justice is truth in action.
Silence is the mother of truth.
Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.